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A glorious 300+ page hardback book featuring works from 70 amazing collage artists who have featured in Contemporary Collage Magazine.
Featuring images and artist statements, this book is guaranteed to inspire and look beautiful sat on your coffee table or on a book shelf.
Printed on matte paper stock, 300 × 240cm
The Vintage Magazine Challenge
Here’s how it works: each month we select a vintage magazine title. Everyone who signs up for the challenge will receive a copy of that title to work with.* The twist is, you won’t know what the magazine is until it arrives!
Your task? Create one or more collages using only the pages of the magazine provided. We want to see how different artists interpret the source material – what themes emerge, and how wildly the results can vary when working with the same set of limitations.
The magazine you’ve been sent is your source material for your collage/s. Your challenge is to use that material to create new work using only the magazine provided, plus your substrate of choice.
The (very simple) rules:
• You can only use collage material from the magazine.
• You can use any size, type or colour of substrate you like.
You’ll have two months from purchase to send us your collage. A selection will be featured in Contemporary Collage Magazine, on the CC blog, and across our social media channels!
*depending on the size of the magazine, you may receive 2 magazines of the same title to ensure you have enough content to work with
Please note that international shipping may be subject to customs charges that are beyond our control, international shipping should take between 5-7 working days but in our experience can take longer.
Contemporary Collage Magazine Issue #8 features :
Anne Ryan
Ben West
Chris Ferebee
Emily Krill
Eric Ronshaugen
Lisa Chandler
Mars Ibarreche
LA Collage Expedition
Printed on 300gsm Matt Laminate | Inside pages 110gsm uncoated | 128 pages
For shipping outside of the UK, simply input your address at checkout and shipping will be generated for the country you need postage to.
Please note that international shipping may be subject to customs charges that are beyond our control, international shipping should take between 5-7 working days but in our experience can take longer.
The GF Smith Collage Challenge
We’re delighted to introduce our fun colour challenge in collaboration with leading UK paper merchant, GF Smith.
The challenge is all about colour, specifically, the stunningly beautiful colours of GF Smith’s Colorplan range of papers. Colorplan represents an exceptional achievement in paper making. Over the last 80 years GF Smith has continually refined, perfected and pushed the range to its limits, which now includes 55 colours all of which are made sustainably, in Great Britain
When you order the challenge, you will receive a pack of 30 different coloured A5 sheets from the Colorplan range. Your challenge is simply to create a collage with them. It could be a landscape, still life, portrait, poster, abstract or something else. There’s only one rule – you can only use the Colorplan papers to create your collage.
Please note that international shipping may be subject to customs charges that are beyond our control, international shipping should take between 5-7 working days but in our experience can take longer.
A colour and texture bundle!
Each book is 96 pages filled with colour and texture to incorporate into your collage materials.
Printed on 90gsm silk paper stock.
Contemporary Collage Magazine Issue #7 features :
John Stezakar
Chris Ashworth
Deborah Danelley
Jackie Leishman
Michael Mapes
Shana Blakley
Robert Roth
Rosalie Gascoigne
and Tom Etherington
printed on 300gsm Matt Laminate | Inside pages 110gsm uncoated | 128 pages
For shipping outside of the UK, simply input your address at checkout and shipping will be generated for the country you need postage to.
Please note that international shipping may be subject to customs charges that are beyond our control, international shipping should take between 5-7 working days but in our experience can take longer.
You can also subscribe to Contemporary Collage Magazine here
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A glorious 300+ page hardback book featuring works from 70 amazing collage artists who have featured in Contemporary Collage Magazine.
Featuring images and artist statements, this book is guaranteed to inspire and look beautiful sat on your coffee table or on a book shelf.
Printed on matte paper stock, 300 × 240cm
Featuring over 70 artists, including artist statements and 100’s of images, you’ll never be short of inspiration with this 300+ page coffee table hard back book!
Resources
Whether you’re looking for material to add to your own, or you’re just starting out with collage, we have some great new and vintage resources to use in your collage practice.
Challenges and Open Calls
There are lots of ways to get involved and get your creative juices flowing. From regular themed open calls to a range of analogue and digital challenges, there’s something for everyone. Taking part gives you the opportunity to be featured on our website, in the digital magazine and on our social media!
Magazines
Purchase in print or as digital issues, each magazine is filled to the brim with incredible imagery, articles, submissions and interviews, you’ll find an abundance of inspiration within these pages.
The Contemporary Collage Magazine Awards 2026
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The Contemporary Collage Magazine Awards 2026
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We are now excepting entries for our 2026 Awards! Explore the categories, dates and everything you need to know on how to enter!
About us
Contemporary Collage Magazine is a family affair! It was founded by designer and collage artist, Les Jones, and is now run with his daughter, Molly (designer) and son, Wilf (Social media and operations) - remarkably, they haven’t killed each other yet! The magazine studio is based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, a small town in Staffordshire, UK.
Les Jones
Les is a designer, photographer, speaker and collage artist. He discovered his passion for collage art at the beginning of the Pandemic and, after a fruitless search for magazines on the topic, decided to launch Contemporary Collage Magazine.
Likes : Football • Walking his dog, Nora • A cold beer
Dislikes : Passwords • Cous Cous (what’s the point?) • DIY (because he’s beyond useless at it)
Molly Campbell
Before joining her Dad to launch CC. Magazine, Molly worked for six years as a graphic designer for the cosmetic brand, LUSH. Molly is the unofficial boss in the studio, keeping all the plates spinning and making sure Les does what he needs to do without getting distracted!
Likes : Interiors • Fashion • Musicals
Dislikes : Admin • Spiders • Tomatoes
Wilf Jones
Wilf joined Les and Molly in 2023 and takes care of Operations (getting stuff out) and Social Media (getting the word out). Outside of the magazine, Wilf plays the piano and goes wild camping.
Likes : Antiques • World music • Fixing things
Dislikes : Waking up • Authority • Liquorice